All posts tagged "Training"
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The Grimm Brothers
Two days later the Grimm brothers were back in the gym. Their backs were still bothering them, but they weren’t planning...
ArmsStuart McRobertFebruary 3, 2009 -
Overcoming Injury
Often when bodybuilders with poor leg development offer up excuses, knee injuries are at the top of the list.
Injury & PreventionRon HarrisJanuary 31, 2009 -
Wintertime Mass Training
If you train hard from spring to fall but then fail to stay on track during the winter months, you’ll lose...
TrainingEric BroserJanuary 28, 2009 -
40 is the New 20 – Part 2
By the time you read this, it should be just a few weeks before my 40th birthday, which will occur on...
Over-40 TrainingEric BroserJanuary 19, 2009 -
Around the Worlds
I credit Milos Sarcev for bringing these back, as he’s had Dennis Wolf, Hide Yamigishi, Silvio Samuel and others add them...
ChestWilliam LitzJanuary 16, 2009 -
Leg Extensions vs. Squats
Biomechanics research on the knee has demonstrated that during the squat and leg press, the tibia slides backward. That reduces the...
Injury & PreventionJoseph M. Horrigan, D.C.January 13, 2009 -
Bigger Bodyparts
Few things are as impressive as thick and meaty outer lats. Beefy wings really fill out a shirt, and they can...
BackRon HarrisJanuary 10, 2009 -
High Anxiety
I don’t agree with most experts, who say that training the upper-pectoral region requires lots of incline-bench presses and incline flyes.
ChestPaul BurkeJanuary 7, 2009 -
X-Blasting North of the Border
X-Rep partials have been around long enough now that the approach is reaching all elements of the bodybuilding and fitness community....
TrainingWilliam LitzJanuary 4, 2009 -
A Bodybuilder is Born Episode 42
Christmas had come and gone. For Christmas Eve we had the traditional dinner at my sister-in-law’s house. Traditional, that is, if...
Contest PrepRon HarrisJanuary 3, 2009 -
No Aerobics for Power?
Squatting with your heels elevated can help stretch your Achilles tendon so you can eventually squat flat-footed.
TrainingCharles PoliquinJanuary 1, 2009 -
Variations for Size and Strength
Training variations, such as altering hand and foot positions, build more size and strength and also help prevent injuries.
BackCharles PoliquinDecember 29, 2008 -
Take a Seat to Build Your Calves (But do it safely)
Common exercises include standard standing calf raises, leg press calf raises and donkey calf raises performed in various toes-in and toes-out...
Injury & PreventionJoseph M. Horrigan, D.C.December 26, 2008 -
Best Chest Chiseler
Almost all of the natural bodybuilders I know who have had the chest problem have had great triceps. The two bodyparts...
ChestPaul BurkeDecember 23, 2008 -
Dead Wrong?
If you’ve been stubbornly continuing to deadlift despite injuries just because you believe it’s the only path to a better back,...
BackRon HarrisDecember 20, 2008